Sentimental Sunday: Rosegate Condominiums / Beacon Arms Apartments - An Ewald Pape Design: Details

As mentioned in a previous post, a few weeks ago, I received an e-mail from Rose (anonymized for privacy) with the subject line, "E. T. Pape designed my home!"  She lives at the Rosegate Condominiums in Portland, Oregon, formerly the Beacon Hill Apartments, which were designed by my architect first cousin twice removed, Ewald Theodore Pape (1894-1976), in 1931.

Not only did Rose send me some photos of the inner courtyard, she also sent some interior shots of her condo.  This post, I'm featuring some of the details in her unit.  All photographs in this post are copyright Rose and used with her permission.

Above:  Dining room chandelier.  Below:  Living room light fixture.

Photos © Rose, 2018, and used with her permission.

Above:  Close-up of dining room hutch.  Below:  Door hardware.

Photos © Rose, 2018, and used with her permission.

Another resident named Nancy e-mailed me about the Rosegate in 2015.  She told me they were converted from apartments to condominiums in 1999, and that she was one of the original purchasers of a condo.  She said,

"At the time his apartment was converted to condos the Oregonian covered the project as it was the first vintage apartment to have a conversion. The developer retained all of the charm of the original features like door knockers, downstairs electric chandeliers while upgrading them to code.

Within 5 years many apartments across Portland followed suit."

She later wrote,

"Each unit has a quirk making it completely unique from each other apartment townhouse."

Rose sent me the following picture of a page from the 1999 sales brochure, showing the floor plan for unit 1, a three-bedroom:

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